look around the edges. these are little plates they put in four little screws, two in the bone substitute, two in the native skull and affixed that to the skull, then they actually close skin over that giving a normal contour back to her head again. got another incredible story as well of recovery. a car hit rob somers, then drove off leaving him paralyzed from the chest down. had he some sensation in his legs but that was it, and that was five years ago. this week his doctors announced somers has been able to stand up, using a harness that helps him along. doctors re-established neuro connections by electronically stimulating rob s lower spinal cord. amazing story. we ll see what answers and solutions it leads to for other spinal cord injured victims. coming up, i ll answer your questions about cell phone safety. you ve got a lot of them. interesting ones ahead. stick around.
what surprised me is voices urging caution are not only getting louder, but they re getting more prominent. all right. i m on my way. if you ve ever put a cell phone to your ear, you should listen to what neurosurgeon dr. keith black has to say. there s no way to say that cell phone use is safe. i think the public has a right to know there could be a potential risk. the public generally assumes that if one is selling something on the market, that we have had assurances that that device is safe. to be clear, dr. black s message is at odds with headlines from the largest international study on cell phones and cancer. their conclusion, little or no evidence cell phones are associated with brain tumors. if you look just one layer deeper into the appendix of that same study, you ll see something unsettling. turns out participants in the study who use a cell phone for ten years or more had double the rate of a type of tumor. keep in mind cell phone use in the united states
it her own native bone was actually thought to be contaminated. take a look at the edges. they put in four little screws, two in the bone substitute n, two in the native skull and closed the skin over that, giving a normal contour back to her head again. another incredible story as well of recovery, a car hit rob summers and drove off leaving him paralyzed from the chest down. he did have some sensation in his legs, but that was it. that was five years ags go. this week summers and his doctors announced he s been able to stand up and even take steps under his own power with some assistance. he actually uses a harness that helps him along. doctors reestablished neuro connections by electrically stimulating rob s lower spinal cord. amazing story. we ll see some answers and solutions that it leads to for other spinal cord injured victims. coming up, i ll answer your questions about cell phone
surgery. police in mexico arrested the leader of one of the country s most notorious drug reasons. balderas operated the gang. i talked to a former dea agent a short time ago. this is major. you ve got to remember this gang was responsible for large shipments over a long period of time, over ten years, coming from mexico to united states. you re talking about cocaine, marijuana. also, because they were able to free up the borders and get control over the borders, there is methamphetamine and heroin that crossed the borders as well. barragan was wanted in the united states. the united states offered a $5 million reward for his capture. a suicide bomber attacked an afghan military hospital in kabul. a taliban spokesman claims 51 people died including foreigners. the afghan government puts the death toll at six with 26 others injured. the attack comes as general david petraeus warns of a summer surge in high-profile taliban attacks. the obama administration is sending